1870-S Seated Liberty Dollar
- Maker
- U.S. Mint (San Francisco)
- Year
- 1870
- Rank
- 18 of 100
1870-S Seated Liberty Dollar
1870-S Seated Liberty Dollar by U.S. Mint (San Francisco) (1870) is ranked 18 in the FLOAT 100 for Coins. It sold for $1,092,500. A great unrecorded rarity — no mint record exists; only ~12 known, one of the most famous Seated dollars.
What is it, and why is it in the FLOAT 100?
A great unrecorded rarity — no mint record exists; only ~12 known, one of the most famous Seated dollars.
$1 silver, Seated Liberty, S mintmark, PCGS MS62 (Eliasberg-James A. Stack specimen, finest/only MS known)
What is the best-sourced number for it?
- Figure
- $1,092,500
- Kind
- Realized at auction
Stack's, 2003 — James A. Stack specimen, PCGS MS62 (finest known and only Mint State survivor), realized $1,092,500. Twelve known across all grades.
This is a realized sale. Somebody paid it. Source.
How this is made
- The figure
- One reference price, taken from a named public source and shown with its own kind. FLOAT does not average it with anything or adjust it for time.
- Realized or not
- A realized price is a completed sale. A market asking price and a price-guide value are not sales, and are labeled as such wherever they appear.
- Why no grade ladder
- Most FLOAT 100 entries are individual objects. There is one of this, so there is no population and no spread across grades to show.
- Archive
- 2026-08-08